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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml index b5d3d3a071e..3d59b0c3e5a 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml @@ -1399,10 +1399,12 @@ OFFSET <replaceable class="parameter">start</replaceable> OFFSET <replaceable class="parameter">start</replaceable> { ROW | ROWS } FETCH { FIRST | NEXT } [ <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable> ] { ROW | ROWS } ONLY </synopsis> - In this syntax, to write anything except a simple integer constant for - <replaceable class="parameter">start</replaceable> or <replaceable - class="parameter">count</replaceable>, you must write parentheses - around it. + In this syntax, the <replaceable class="parameter">start</replaceable> + or <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable> value is required by + the standard to be a literal constant, a parameter, or a variable name; + as a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension, other expressions + are allowed, but will generally need to be enclosed in parentheses to avoid + ambiguity. If <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable> is omitted in a <literal>FETCH</literal> clause, it defaults to 1. <literal>ROW</literal> |